throw a fit
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Did you know our Sun can throw a fit - just like a toddler high on sugar?
From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025
Some parkgoers, of course, might throw a fit over the potential for beavers to dam up waterways.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
Maybe Rachel Berry would throw a fit if her performance was ineligible for a Tony Award, but present-day Lea Michele insists that she isn’t bothered.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
In the face of all this uncertainty, it’s hard not to throw a fit, to act out, to try to find someone to blame — or, alternatively, to retreat into numbness.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021
Why not just let her throw a fit?
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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